Archive · 29 Sep 2026
India Claims Three Athletics Bronzes as Gulveer Makes History
India won three bronze medals in athletics at the 2026 Asian Games.
One medal came from a mixed relay team.
The reports disagree about whether the relay was 4x400 metres or 4x100 metres, but they give the same runners and time.
China won the relay, while Thailand finished second.
Pooja Singh won another bronze in the high jump.
Gulveer Singh earned bronze in the 5000-metre race.
This was Gulveer’s third medal at these Games.
He had already won silver medals in the 1500-metre and 10,000-metre events.
Dev Kumar Meena also set an Indian pole-vault record but finished seventh.
India won bronze in the mixed relay with a season-best time of 41.06 seconds, although reports differ on whether it was the 4x400m or 4x100m event.
Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur, Sneha Sathyanarayana and Harita Bhadra formed India’s relay quartet.
Gulveer Singh won bronze in the men’s 5000m in 13:32.75, completing three medals at the Games.
Pooja Singh won women’s high-jump bronze with a 1.84-metre leap.
China won the relay gold in 40.78 seconds, Thailand took silver in 40.87, and Dev Kumar Meena set a national pole-vault record of 5.50 metres.
- Who
- Indian athletes, including Gulveer Singh, Pooja Singh and the mixed-relay quartet, competed at the Games.
- What
- India won three athletics bronze medals, while Gulveer Singh completed a three-medal haul.
- When
- The results were reported on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
- Where
- The events took place in Nagoya, Japan, as part of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
- Why
- The articles report results from the athletics competition but do not give a broader reason for the outcomes.
- Relay result
- India finished third in 41.06 seconds; the reports variously identify the event as 4x400m and 4x100m mixed relay.
- Relay gold
- China won in 40.78 seconds.
- Relay silver
- Thailand finished second in 40.87 seconds.
- Gulveer Singh
- Won men’s 5000m bronze in 13:32.75 and collected three medals at the Games.
- Pooja Singh
- Won women’s high-jump bronze with a 1.84-metre leap.
- Dev Kumar Meena
- Set a national record of 5.50 metres in men’s pole vault and finished seventh.
- Other Indian results
- Pooja Olla finished seventh and Mohammed Afsal eighth in the reported 800m events.
